Colorado lawmakers aim to enact strict new regulations on marijuana concentrate, medical cannabis

Marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana are subject to stringent new regulations under a law introduced into Colorado legislature on Friday that aims to curb teenage use and adult overuse of highly potent cannabis.

House Bill 1317 would require that blobs – concentrated cannabis that is in wax form and made by extracting THC and other cannabinoids from marijuana plants – be packaged in single doses no greater than 0.1 grams. It would also limit medical marijuana patients between the ages of 18 and 20 to purchasing 2 grams of concentrate per day of 40 grams and introduce a new system to better track medical consumer purchases and prevent them from multiple stores in a day visit bypassing the rules.

Under the law, patients between the ages of 18 and 20 would have to be de-registered by two doctors from separate practices before they can receive a medical marijuana card.

The move also calls on the Colorado School of Public Health to study highly potent cannabis products and their effects on teenagers. Eventually, the county’s coroners would need to conduct toxicological tests to determine if marijuana is present in the systems of people aged 25 or younger who have died from suicide or otherwise from an unnatural death.

“I think we’re trying to investigate how people see concentrates and how people educate better,” said House spokesman Alec Garnett, a Denver Democrat and main sponsor of the bill.

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